China opens longest high-speed rail line

BEIJING, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- China, marching ahead with its high-speed rail program, Wednesday opened the world's longest high-speed rail line, linking Beijing and Guangzhou.

The 2,298-kilometer-long (1,428-mile-long) line between the Chinese capital and the country's major commercial center in the south, formerly called Canton, spans more than half of the country and cements the country's high-speed railway development ambitions, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

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